Onychoteuthis banksii(Leach, 1817)

Introduction

Onychoteuthis banksii was thought, until recently, to be a common circumglobal species, although many authors (e.g., Young 1972, Kubodera et al. 1998) suspected the name (as generally applied) to encompass a species complex. Bolstad (2008) partially resolved the species complex in the Pacific Ocean (redescribing O. banksii from the Atlantic in the process), and Bolstad (2010) separated out an additional species, O. horstkottei, but it is likely that additional unrecognized species still exist.

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Onychoteuthis banksii(Leach, 1817).
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K.S.R. Bolstad, Michael Vecchione, Richard E. Young, and Kotaro Tsuchiya.
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